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Leahלֵאָהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“Happy am I!בְּאָשְׁרִיForכִּיthe daughtersבָּנוֹתwill call me happy.”אִשְּׁרוּנִיSo she calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹAsher.אָשֵׁר
Genesis 30:13
Study it in the app“Leah said, “Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:13, word by word
- Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Happy am Iאָשְׁרִashri
happiness
Happiness, good fortune. It occurs only in Genesis 30:13.
Where else “ashri” appears- the daughtersבָּנוֹתbanot
girl
The young women of a people.
Where else “banot” appears- will call me happyאִשְּׁרוּishru
call happy
To declare someone happy because things go well for them.
Where else “ishru” appears- So she calledתִּקְרָאtikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Asherאָשֵׁרasher
Asher
Asher, a son of Jacob and Zilpah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "happy".
Where else “asher” appears
Translation note
“Asher” sounds like “happiness” (osher).
The context
12Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a second son.
13 · This verse (above)
14In the days of the wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to Leah his mother. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of the mandrakes of your son.”
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?